Word: kees
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...what is now New Hampshire, frequently visited the Place of the Swift Waters, and particularly one portion of those waters known as the High Place for Fish. In the Indian language, Place of the Swift Waters was Merru-asquam-ack, and High Place for Fish was Namos-kee-et. The Whites translated the former into Merrimac and the latter into Amoskeag. So when, along in 1831, a big cotton mill was built in the High Place for Fish along the Place of the Swift Waters, the cotton mill was named Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., and was located on the Merrimac River...
...feel that a great injustice has been done to him by the statement that he professes "an unalterable resolve not to set foot in the United States," which we wish to disclaim at once now, as readers of your paper might think that Mr. Tan Kah Kee cherish an aversion towards the American people, whom he has always held in high esteem and regard as sincere friends of China's welfare. He has never been to Europe or America (the statement is wrong when it says that he has several times visited Europe), owing to the multifarious duties...
...Kee & Co. and its various ramifications are known all over the world, and are the pioneer Chinese exporters of crude rubber and preserved pines to Europe, America and Canada...
...Kee...
...Kee whose picture appeared in TIME, March 12, is reputedly the "richest Chinese...